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Clean and Efficient Catalytic Reduction of Perchlorate
Author(s) -
AbuOmar Mahdi M.,
McPherson Lee D.,
Arias Joachin,
Béreau Virginie M.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20001201)39:23<4310::aid-anie4310>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - perchlorate , chemistry , catalysis , chloride , environmental chemistry , oxazoline , contamination , solubility , inorganic chemistry , environmental science , organic chemistry , ion , ecology , biology
Recently recognized as a water contaminant in the United States, perchlorate (ClO 4 − ) has been added to the Environmental Protection Agency's “Contaminant Candidate List” (CCL) and “Unregulated Contaminants Monitoring Rule” (UCMR). Removal of perchlorate from water is difficult because of its high solubility and kinetic inertness. Oxorhenium( V ) oxazoline complexes catalyze the reduction of perchlorate to chloride with organic sulfides [Eq. (1)] at exceptionally fast rates with no sign of deactivation. Tf=trifluoromethanesulfonyl, TON=turn‐over number.